Oscars 2021 LIVE UPDATES: The 93rd Academy Awards start

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Oscars 2021 LIVE UPDATES: The ceremony is at the moment underway from Los Angeles. (Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, FILE)The Academy Awards 2021 are at the moment underway. The awards are organised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Also referred to as Oscars, the awards ceremony is being held from two areas in Los Angeles: Union Station and Dolby Theatre. Dolby Theatre has been a venue for Oscars since 2001. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Academy determined to not maintain a digital occasion.
Mank leads the ceremony this yr with 10 nominations. The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 comply with it with six nominations every. The ceremony will probably be produced by Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh.

Despite how 2020 was pushed by a world pandemic, the jury nonetheless has too many choices to decide on winners from. In the Best Picture class, The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7 are the nominees.

Several nominees are on the cusp of making historical past with their potential wins. Riz Ahmed, if he wins for his efficiency in Sound of Metal, will turn into the primary Muslim actor to win a Best Actor Oscar. Anthony Hopkins, if he wins the identical award, would be the oldest Best Actor Oscar winner. If Nomadland’s Chloé Zhao takes the Oscar for Best Director, she is going to solely be the second feminine director to take action. Also, she would be the first girl of color to have obtained the honour.

Apart from the principle ceremony, there may even be a pre-show and post-show. Unlike within the Golden Globes and Emmy Awards, if a nominee is unwilling to get to the venue because of the concern of Covid-19, they won’t have an choice to attend the ceremony by way of Zoom.
Are you prepared for the Academy Awards 2021?
Live BlogRead all of the updates about Oscars 2021 right here. The ceremony will broadcast because it occurs in Los Angeles on each Star Movies and Star World channels. Although within the US the occasion will happen on Sunday night time, in India the timing is Monday, 5:30 am to eight:30 am. Star Movies and Star World may even repeat telecast the ceremony at 8:30 pm on Monday.

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